CLEVELAND - C.J. Miles scored 19 points, Kyrie Irving added 15 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a late rally for a 93-92 victory over Minnesota on Monday night, handing the Timberwolves their first loss of the season.

The Timberwolves nearly erased a 23-point deficit midway through the third quarter, and event had a shot to win it in the final seconds, but Kevin Love missed a 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds remaining. The rebound was tipped away as time ran out.

Cleveland led 93-84, but was held scoreless over the final 2:43. Kevin Love's basket with 38 seconds remaining cut the lead to one point.

Following a miss by Irving with 15 seconds left, the Timberwolves called timeout to set up the last shot.